Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arranged from Boston, New York, and every city and town near Springfield. A special drawing-room train of ten coaches will run from New York to Springfield on the day of the game and all the different New England colleges and schools are applying for seats on the grand stand...
...method of sale of reserved seat tickets for the Yale game at Springfield has been very unsatisfactory. Instead of reserving specified seats, an enormous number of tickets has been issued admitting the holder to the grand stand. The result is that the very object for which seats are reserved is not accomplished, and purchasers of the tickets will have to go as early to get good seats as though they had not paid an extra price. The difficulty is made more by the ease with which the tickets may be counterfeited. Indeed, it is reported that counterfeits have already appeared...
...south end of the grounds laid out for the game is a large grandstand, while along each side benches are to be built extending from the grand-stand to the other end of the field. Behind the goal posts at the north end of the field is the only place reserved for coaches and carriages...
...Tuesday's New York Post there is a half column on Harvard's stand against professionalism...
...side play. Harvard forced the ball to within ten yards of Wesleyan's goal, only to loose it again for the old offense of holding Wesleyan's rushers. Wesleyan gained ground by Hall's punting and Day's rushing, but at last the Harvard line made a stand and Wesleyan was forced to kick. Lee secured the ball and made a pretty rush across the field guarded by Dennison, but the ball was forfeited on account of interference; it was secured again, Goldthwaite, Lee, and Stickney forced it to within a few yards of Wesleyan's line; Dean carried...